COVID-19 Has Taken an Aircraft Carrier Out of Commission

by | Mar 27, 2020

COVID-19 Has Taken an Aircraft Carrier Out of Commission

by | Mar 27, 2020

Task and Purpose:

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt will be pulling into Guam so that each of its nearly 5,000 sailors can be tested for COVID-19, the Navy announced on Thursday.

The announcement comes days after Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said three sailors aboard the carrier were diagnosed with the virus and flown from the ship.

News reports since then showed the number had increased to at least 23 and that the “number is changing.”

Scott Horton

Scott Horton

Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com and host of the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He is the author of four books. He has conducted more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.

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